very slowly on highway 101 heading toward the dunbarton bridge. again the dumbarton bridge closed for about two hours today. you can see some of that back up heading toward the eastbound direction. i believe we have sergeant with the chp on the phone now. can you hear me. >> i can hear you, good evening. >> can you tell me how the situation finally came to an end. >> yeah, after a couple of hours of negotiating between a me gauche kwraeu negotiator from the minlow park department and this individual they were able to take him down and he was taken into custody. once he was taken into custody we opened up the eastbound lanes immediately and the westbound lanes opened up directly after. so people can understand why we had the west lanes closed, the

negotiator was having a tough time talking to this individual because it was so loud. that's why we closed down the left bound lanes. >> what can you tell us about this individual. >> we don't have too much information about him. when we started receiving the call at about 2:30 of a man sitting on the rail. approximately five minutes later, we received a call from his friend, he said his friend was very upset and said he was going to jump off the bridge. but that's all the information we received. >> but everything ended safely, correct. >> we had a slight interference, but in the end a life was saved today. we're going to try to get young man help. >> as you look live here from

pictures from news chopper number two, traffic in the westbound direction flowing very well. traffic in the eastbound direction probably going to take a little time for that traffic to dissipate. but all lanes on the bridge are reopen. back now to san francisco where that city has a mayor. just in the past hour or so, the new board of supervisors unanimously approved ed lee as that city's interim mayor. just after that he was sworn in. >> rob roth was there for the swearing in. and he is live now outside of city hall. >> reporter: right now inside of city hall there's a party going on. the vote with the board was unanimous and within an hour, ed lee was sworn in as interim mayor of san francisco. >> as i hold the office of. >> as i hold the office of. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> reporter: city hall was packed to the rafters as ed lee took the oath after office and

there was a will the of excitement, former mayor gavin newsom and willie brown were on hand as ed lee became the next mayor of san francisco. >> i want to say to all of you i make that members of the pledge that i will do my very, very best to represent all of those communities that you live in, that you cherish, that make our community our community. >> reporter: and on hand was jean quan. >> it's such a matter of pride to the asian community in california to have my victory in oakland and ed's appointment here in san francisco. >> reporter: here in hayes valley, a neighborhood with trendy boutiques and popular restaurants at least one shop manager says she would like to see mayor lee address the cost

of meters. >> a lot of our customers are now parking further away. >> reporter: in the bay view where many residents complain of high crime and few jobs, the manager at spaghetti warehouse says the mayor should focus on jobs for young people. >> things to encourage them to do things for themselves. >> reporter: ed lee will have to work with the board of supervisors, more on that at 6:00. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. now to the latest in that deadly shooting in tucson. there are new developments in congresswoman giffords recovery after being shot at point range. adam housley is now live in

tucson. >> reporter: as the investigation continues here, you talked about the recovery, the amazing recovery of congresswoman giffords as well as others this were shot here over the weekend. >> she's breathing on her own. in fact, the only reason we keep that breathing tube in is to protect her air way so she doesn't have complications like pneumonia. >> reporter: relatives of the victims speaking out about the shooting and how their loved ones are handling everything. bill hillman says his wife suzy was holding hands with 9-year- old christina greene as the shooting started. >> i keep hearing her scream, christina let's get out of

here. and she keeps talking about holding hands. >> roxana sent us an e-mail and john and i had been playing telephone tag until yesterday, but we got together and cried for about ten minutes. >> reporter: the love of his life since the sixth grade. >> what a way to go, as a hero. he lived that kind of a life. >> reporter: as president obama and the first lady prepared to come here tomorrow for a memorial service at the university of arizona and smaller memorial services are taking play tonight. there's still questions on how this shooter slipped through the mental health system here in the state of arizona. we just heard from bell howlman. she is a former resident of tiburon who served in the reed

school board in the 1990. the superintendent sent an e- mail saying, i know you join me in keeping suzy, her family and friends in your memories. the family of the shooting suspect jared lee loughner released a statement. it may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events of saturday. and members say that the vigil is a nonpartisan event and that everyone is welcome. other community leaders and clergy say they will attend. the arizona legislature passed and sent to the governor

an emergency bill related to the tucson shooting. it's a response from news that people from the westboro baptist church plan to picket thursday's funeral of . one lawmaker says volunteers will also form a human shield to block the protesters from view of victim family members. the tucson shooting appeared to have caused a surge of guns. nationwide, sales climbed an average of 5%. the biggest increase was in arizona where sales soared by 60%. gun dealers say people are worried that the government will limit gun and ammunition

sales in the wake of the shooting in tucson. just days before the shooting in tucson, congress took a vote that some say leaves house members. the house voted slash it's on budget by $25 million. scott mcfarland has details from washington. >> reporter: sifting through 27 pages of white house expenses we found a lot of security spending. the thing is the u.s. house just ordered members to cut their expenses. here in washington an 1800 member multi member police force blankets the white house. but back home if they want office security, alarms, cameras, they have to square away money from their budget. every year, barbara lee spokesman says she spends

millions a year for security. each local member of congress must now chop $70,000 out of his or her yearly budget at what former house staffer brad fitch says the the worse possible time. >> might that mean they may have to make cut backs in other areas, yes. >> reporter: that will leave a hard choice, to cut back on security or space or staffers. >> legislating can have a lot of unintented consequences. to put more on our credit card, our nation's credit card that we don't know if it's going to help the nation, it's not going to help right now. >> reporter: the thing is i'm told that's too expensive and

highly unlikely. scott mcfarland. for continuing coverage of the shooting and the follow up, go to ktvu.com and click on the u.s. world news tab right on the front page. a man declared wrongfully convicted while serving two life sentences for murder in san francisco was ordered free today. carmat caley was convicted of a double murder. he has spent 18 years many prison after being convicted. documents shown after the trial showed he receivedhousing and thousands of dollars from the city. cold, wet and no place to stay. how today's weather in the bay area only highlights a growing problem for families who do not have a permanent play to call

home. a few light showers across parts of the bay area for today. coming up, i will show you where the rain is falling right now and when the next storm could be moving on shore.

six people hospitalized and dozens forced from their homes including a pregnant woman who made a desperate leap to safety after fire broke out at department complex. it all happened on carlmont drive. tara moyarti has the story. >> reporter: intense flames lashed out trapping more than a dozens people on their balcony. at least three decided to jump. >> you're risking your life. you want to get out of the building. >> fire originated in unit 13. >> reporter: the man who lived in the apartment where the fire started actually walked through the fire in order to escape. he came outside, stood

underbeneath her and told her wife who's almost six months pregnant to jump into his arms. miraculously she got away with only scrapes and bruises. firefighters put up ladders and rescued several people. lance wu, who happens to be his birthday today was one of them. three dozen people had to be evacuated. >> what we want to do is first floor everybody -- >> reporter: around 10:00 this morning, tenants were allowed back inside to grab a few belongings. >> you can see by the intense heat, the light fixtures were melting away. >> reporter: wu says he is just lucky to be alive. >> very lucky, yes. this is one birthday i will not

forget. >> reporter: in belmont, tara moyarti, channel 2 news. and more than a dozen people were evacuated when a leak developed in a pipe under a homes garage on 33rd avenue. firefighters and pg & e crews were called around 11:00 last night. the pipe was old and it was damaged in the first attempt to squeeze off the gas, the leak was capped a short time later and crews replaced the old pipes with new ones. an attorney for o.j. simpson is publishing a document saying that he can prove that his client really was innocent. simpson was acquitted despite an overwhelming sentiment that he was guilty. but bailey says six people were lined up to testify. including a forensic scientist and a man who may have seen someone else do the murders. michael jackson's doctor will stand trial for

manslaughter. an l.a. county judge ruled today there is enough evidence to try dr. conrad murray in jackson's death. jackson died of an overdoze of propophol. an la county coroner said that murray would still be responsible for jackson's death because he provided the drugs and failed to monitor his patient carefully. three people accused in a corruption scandal want the city to pay their court costs. the three defendants have been charged with misappropriating city funds and did little or nothing for their work. the accused say they did nothing wrong and want the city to pay for their legal

expenses. the ntsb released a study on whether air bags and shoulder lap seat belts might be beneficial in those aircrafts. right now they are optional on small planes. ntsb study looked at 150 accidents over three years. in at least 20 cases, air bags were found to have reduced chest and head injuries to pilots and passengers. well that winter storm that's been hitting the south is traveling up the east coast and to the midwest. the effects are being felt by travelers right here in the bay area. flights from san francisco to chicago are being delayed up to 3.5 hours. it's been snowing there all day and up to 5-inches of snow is expected to fall. elsewhere the carolinas are blanketed with a foot of snow. new york could get up to an inch of it. conditions are so bad in some areas, as many as six southern states including tennessee and georgia have

declared a state of emergency. the rain here combined with the cold weather is increasing the demand on homeless shelters. for some of the most vulnerable homeless there is no relief and no protection. robert handa is live to explain. >> reporter: we're at a homeless shelter where many homeless have come this evening to try to escape the cold and rain. but some families, some with children could literally be left outside in the cold. near by the homeless kindell family, mike, karen and their grandson must find their own protection because most shelters can't find children. this last week they stayed in door ways and abandoned buildings. >> the lord has been blessing us where it's nice that we don't have to worry about the weather. >> now that the rain is coming what are you going to do? >> now that the rain is coming,

i'm worried. >> reporter: agencies can't afford the insurance to protect children. >> as soon as they see me and my wife it's fine, but once they find out they see we have a 3-year-old, they say, we really can't take you. >> in emergency situations we take families in for one night, two nights at a time till we can figure out the right placement for them. >> reporter: wet weather presents problems. mike makes minimum wage as a mover and is trying to save for subsidized housing. >> over two nights it's like $160 and for one night it's like $60 and it's hard. because sometimes they have no vacancies. >> reporter: ehc says it will work with the kindell family

but says state cuts will cause problems. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. well let's talk more about the weather now and whether we're going to get more rain, over to our meteorologist mark tamayo who's filling in for bill tonight. >> a few rain showers this evening. nothing too extreme. the totals were about .2. we had a few scattered light showers, this was the scene in san francisco right around 12:00. you can see the showers moving on shore. mostly on the light side but enough to trigger the windshield wipers. we still have some rain activity. here's a closer inspection right now, you can see the coverage from santa cruz to boulder creek to los cados. reporting mostly cloudy skies. we move the maps to the north, right around petaluma, nevado and san rafael. those darker shades of green do

correspond to more moderate cells. as far as rainfall totals over the past 24 hours not impressive at all. .01, san jose .03 and livermore just a few hundreds as well. a few showers out there. by 8:00 a chance, by 10:00 just a scattered chance. overnight low tonight, not as cold as it has been. coolest locations in the lower 40s, and we still have to hold ton to a possibility of a few sprinkles. quite a few clouds in place, fremont scattered clouds. by 12:00 50 degrees. by 3:00 an afternoon high right around 55 to 56. a bit of a break in the weather tomorrow. but at least in the rainfall for tomorrow. but there is another system developing out here in the pacific. coming out here, we have a track of a timing of what could trigger more clouds in the bay area.

two very important words, now hiring. what bay area studies reveal of how competitive is the job market. new at 6:00, a one in a million chance. >> when she told me -- she had four babies i was overwhelmed. >> a bay area couple takes us through their journey to become parents of quadruplets.

there's another sign today that my space is losing more ground to facebook in the fight for the social networking market. my space today slashed almost half of its work force handing

pinkslips to 500 of its 700 employees. as of november, my space had a little more than 80 million members compared to 50 million users on facebook. earnings reports dominated wall street today. >> reporter: major retailers reported strong profits and palo alto based hewlett pac kerd benefited. over all the dow picked up 34 points. investors appeared encourage that japan was stepping in to ease budget concerns in europe. in november there were 4.6 unemployed people for every job being offered. compared to november of 2009 where when there were 6.3 people. that rate would have to drop to

two people for every job opening to signal a healthy economy. target announced expansion and remodeling today including several stores in california. 21 stores will open. one in oakland in march and another in dublin in october. each store will employ as many as 150 people. the chain will also remodel their stores to carry groceries to better complete with wal- mart. it's a painful budget that governor brown says will be worse without voter approved voter extensions. but what are those taxes you are paying right now. verizon announced they do have the iphone but you're going to have to wait a little bit longer to get it. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, that story is coming up.

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i don't really want to but probably yeah. >> i don't agree with raising any more taxes. it's a multi billion dollars budget band aid that has many californians torn. they are caught in a tug of war over taxes, specifically the governor's plan to let the people decide whether or not to extend some money raising measures set to expire here in just months. ken pritchett live in sacramento with more. >> reporter: these taxes were supposed to be temporary, most of them expiring in june. but governor brown wants an extension with voter approval. what are these taxes and will voters go for it? it may be up to voters in a proposed june special election, yes on taxes to solve half of california's $26 billion budget problem. >> i'm not sure there's any option. i don't really want to but probably yeah. >> i don't agree with raising

any more taxes, we're struggling as it is. >> reporter: governor brown calls for an extension of taxes set in 2009 to balance that year's budget. brown wants a half percent increase in vehicle inspection to stay in place. a 1% sales tax set to expire in june would remain with voter approval. as would a 25% on work taxes. all would be extended for four years under brown's order. >> this would be the largest tax increase in the history of america by any state house. >> reporter: howard jarvis taxpayers association president john dupaul says voters have already rejury excusedded extending these very same taxes -- rejected extending these

very same taxes. >> i think the most infinate tax. for many people who are considered buying an iphone this is what they've been waiting for. verizon today announced they will be start selling the iphone later next month. until now the iphone was exclusive to at&t. tom vacar is live at a cell phone tower in oakland tonight on why this is such a big deal. >> reporter: when it comes to the iphone, to borrow a phrase from verizon, it'll be consumers who decide who rules the air. verizon, at & t chief competitor sells a lot of cell

phones but for verizon this is special. >> iphone four is an iconic device. people want it. it's just one more choice that our customers are going to have. >> reporter: not only will many existing verizon customers switch to the iphone. as we learned from some of the at&t existing the iphone customers,at&t has a hard choice cut out for them. >> verizon is a little more expensive than at&t but they have better service. >> i'm going to cancel my contract and go to verizon as quickly as possible. >> i would go to verizon if i wasn't in a contract but i'm in a contract and it would cost a lot to cancel that. >> they will need a new phone. >> reporter: can verizon handle a huge flux of customers. >> they claim they are ready and we'll find out if they are.

>> reporter: at&t claims it's system is superior in every aspect. >> for customers who want the fasters speed, the ability to talk and use apps at the same time, unsurpassed coverage the only choice is at&t. >> for at & t customers it could mean that there would be fewer people accessing the data networking which could be less congestion. >> reporter: there are other significant differences between the two iphones, such as price. wifi access and other things so it's important to shop around. reporting live consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. vallejo police are looking for two armed men who stole a car from a woman responding to an online dating. when she arrived she came face to face with two men, one of them had a gun. they grabbed her by her hair and pulled her inside the

house, the men took the car and drove off. the car is a black 2008 kia spectra with oregon license plates number aag0652. three people are under arrest tonight in connection with the killing of a richmond 16-year-old outside of his grandmother's home. police say afterward witnesses saw the suspect drive off in a white dodge avenger. police found the car and the suspect a few hours later. two juveniles and one adult. police still have no motive for the shooting. a lawsuit filed in arizona is attempting to force the fda to regulate imports of a drug used in executions. a shortage of the drug is forcing the u.s. to import it from britain for executions. the fda announced it will not lock the importation of -- will

not block the importation of the drug. l.a. county prosecutors announced today that they don't have enough evidence to charge a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a disabled woman. authorities have been looking for eight men who video taped sexual assaults of several disabled women. a 37-year-old man allegedly seen in the tapes turned himself over to police on saturday but prosecutors say they can't go ahead with the case until they determine whether the sex was consensual. another person is already serving time in prison. and we'll tell you what the founder of wikileaks fears being sent to the united states. new tests today for silent night, that wounded sea lion. what veterinaries hope to learn that could help other injured mammals.

a teenage leukemia victim from sacramento has died despite efforts to find her a bone marrow donor. when she was diagnosed with leukemia her family couldn't find a donor match here in the united states. so her mother went to china to try to find a donor from katie's same donor background.

a public memorial is now planned for january 22nd. a new jersey meat company recalled thousandsover thousands of pounds of ground beef that may have spoiled. some of it made it here to california. u.s. food and safety inspectors found that some of the beef smelled bad and was discolored. no one ate the meat and there are no reports of anyone falling ill. and hasange claims that if he is returned to the united

states, the u.s. may throw him into guantanamo bay. activists lined up outside of the white house dressed in orange jump suits and black hoods. they represent the 250 people still being held at gitmo. the protests asked president obama to release the inmates or transferred to another jail. today congressman jim costa and dennis cardoza asked

requested that tao be allowed into arlington memorial. the president will report on the condition of the country and outline legislative goals for this year. this will be president obama's second state of the union and his fourth address to congress. you'll be able to watch the state of the union right here on ktvu channel 2. another bird die off, this time in the bay area: and how people may think what killed this bird is related to other bird deaths worldwide. clouds, everyone a few showers across the bay area -- even a few showers for the bay area for today. we still have some rain in the area, we'll show you the coverage. i also have the timing of the next rainmaker in the region. new at 6:00, a one in a million chance. >> when he told me i have -- she had four babies i was just really overwhelmed. >> a bay area couple takes us

on their incredible journey to become parents of quadruplets. friends and family of a bay area shooting victim talk to us. plus, could cutting state issued phones help the budget? q

another bird death mystery, this time in the bay area. following deaths of thousands of wild birds and arkansas, louisiana and kentucky, more than 100 birds found dead on the road near geyserville. the news made it on the new york times and newspapers all across the globe. john fowler now near geyserville with this story. >> reporter: on this stretch of highway 101 more than 100 dead birds. and this bird die off threw people from all over the bay -- drew people from all over the bay area today. >> i think there are too many birds falling from the sky around the world. and i have yet to really hear a

biologist or an ornothologist say, let's look at this worldwide. >> reporter: near geyserville they're calling it bird tologist. >> i have never heard of this. >> maybe they got some alcohol poisoning. maybe they c>> kind of wonder i picking up some sort of poison or something out in the vineyard. >> reporter: all those birds worldwide, some people think there's something strange. >> it's something different. it's something else. maybe they are just not telling us the truth. >> reporter: psychologists today told me humans are hard wired to explore orders, patterns and meanings on world events, and the bird die off just fits. >> it's essentially road kill. and we have a couple of witnesses and the investigation

says they flew in front of a pickup truck. >> the mystery of what killed this little bird appears to have been solved. researchers are investigating all the other bird kills, but so far biologists say they do appear to be natural and unrelated. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu news. marine veterinarians conducted new tests on a blind sale that was shot in the head near salsalito. after almost a month of recovery, silent night has gained some strength now. but because of the sea lions injuries he cannot be released back into the ocean. >> several of the pieces have caused fractures. others have traveled really closely to the skull itself.

and that may have caused some change or damage to the bone. >> veterinaries say the information they learned from silent night will help them better respond to future marine mammal injuries. coming up next at 6:00, we will hear about the steps that jerry brown took today and what he is ordering them turn in. julie haener is in the newsroom to tell us of other stories we're working on for 6:00. ahead, what you are looking at is extremely rare. a bay area mother with quadruplets who were naturally conceived. the chances of it happening are one in 8 million. who really started facebook, how that question could wind up in a bay area courtroom worth millions if not billions of dollars at stake. these stories and much more coming up at 6:00 we'll see you

then. >> julie, thank you. children who consume high levels of sugar have the significantly greater risk of heart disease as adults. the children's ldl or bad cholesterol was 9% higher than children who took in less sugar. their triglicerite levels were three times normal. german researchers have new everyday on the effect of secondhand smoke on children. children between the ages of five and six who come from homes where one or more parent smoked were 21% more likely to have high blood pressure than children who come from nonsmoking homes. doctors say that's especially worrying because children with high blood pressure are likely to maintain that condition as adults. all right on to our weather now, a little bit of rain today. we're going to see if we're going to get more rain this evening. mark tamayo filling in for bill. i see a lot of green there on

the map. >> still scattered light showers for this evening. the pattern will be changing overnight. right now on storm tracker 2. you can pick up a sweep especially in the south bay. we'll come in tighter on boulder creek. we have showers here and closer to san jose and milpedas. nothing to extreme but enough to wet the roadways here. you can pick up for marin county the darker shade of green right toward vallejo. from rodeo to vallejo and benetia. we will have to hold on to the possibility of a few showers. partly to cloudy skies, and the weekend features a dry weather pattern. but between wednesday and the weekend we do have one more rain chance to talk about. here's the satellite, not really a storm. but you can see it generating the clouds maybe a few rain showers out there. out here in the pacific, you

can see a development and that will be our next rain producer. still lingering clouds, for thursday, here's what happens, as the frontal system moves in. it'll still be strong enough to generate clouds and a few showers. the first chance on thursday will be up in the north bay but still we could have a few chances elsewhere. the forecast model at 10:00, still quite a few lingering clouds. and we could have a few pop up showers. this model not showing you too much coverage out there. we could have a few lingering sprinkles. then at 5:00 clouds becoming partically cloudy. 40 to 45 degrees, the chance of a few sprinkles. 47 to 52, scattered clouds. temperatures warming up a little bit in the next few days. with that we're talking about some more 50s. 52 to 57 degrees under partly cloudy skies by late tomorrow

afternoon. santa rosa right around 54. concord 55 and oakland mid-50s. san jose right around 56. santa cruz very nice in the upper 50s, right around 59. your five day forecast and our next potential rainmaker, that moves in on thursday. it's only a chance and not a big deal but still we could have wet roadways by thursday. watch what happens for friday, saturday and sunday no more rain close. probably our biggest concern when you get that left over moisture and high pressure rebuilds, you get dense fog. but one more rain cloud on that five day forecast. socially speaking. how posts from facebook or other social networks can reveal where you are from and where you live.

american idol all set to begin its tenth season next wednesday and now that simon cowel is gone, neither of the new judges are willing to claim the role of the new villain. the new judges say they look forward to using their experience to help guide new artists. the show's producer says the new season of idol will be more about searching for an eventual winner of the show instead of stopping them from getting

there. january19th and 20th right here on ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco is the sixth most literal city in san francisco. washington dc came in number one, san francisco came in number six and oakland came in 37th. twitter and other social media may be changing the way we communicate. but it isn't changing local slang. slang used by people twitting or texting varies by where they live. for example in northern california, twitter users may say they are hellert tired. but in new york they say they are dellat tired. by examining slang they can determine what part of the country they are from. and there's more much news still ahead. ktvu news at 6:00 is next.

a bay area city couple hit the baby jackpot here. and you will not believe the odds.

the tragedy in tucson hits home here in california. the bay area community where one of the victims called home and what friends and neighbors are doing there today. thousands of state workers got the word today turn in those cell phones. who recalled the phones and why. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with the outpouring of grief following the mass shooting in tucson arizona and how it is now spreading here to the bay area. in tucson right now, these are live pictures here of the memorial service for the six people killed including a 9- year-old girl. it is just now getting under way and you can see from these pictures by the looks of things it will probably turn out to be standing room only for that memorial service. also tonight doctors say congresswoman giffords is now breathing on